Extensive contact tracing and screening to control the spread of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium ST414 in Hong Kong

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 3450-3457

  Cheng, Vincent Chi chung ^a,b   Tai, Josepha Wai ming ^b   Ng, Modissa Lai ming ^b   Chan, Jasper Fuk woo ^a   Wong, Sally Cheuk ying ^a   Li, Iris Wai sum ^a   Chung, Hon ping ^c   Lo, Wai kei ^c   Yuen, Kwok yung ^a   Ho, Pak leung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c TUNG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Contact tracing; Outbreak; Screening; ST414; Vancomycin resistant enterococcus faecium

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEOPLASM; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; URINARY CATHETER; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; WOUND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84867414314     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2012.19.017     Document Type: Article

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